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And in all of these wagers, a gambler has to give up a small fee for the honor, known as the vigorish, or vig.
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Jason Abbruzzese, NBC News, 12 Feb. 2024
The typical vig is an $11 bet that would return a $10 profit.
—Jason Abbruzzese, NBC News, 12 Feb. 2024
Notably, the Circa Sportsbook within Golden Gate did not charge a vig for the first day of operation and took in more than $800,000.
—Ian Firstenberg, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2023
There is no escape from over and under, spread, the vig, parlay, a dime, a nickel—on and on goes the instruction, which, at its core, is grooming young minds to become gamblers.
—WSJ, 15 Feb. 2023
What Apple is asking for here is not its typical cut on sales—the company already collects its usual vig when someone buys or sells an NFT.
—Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 2 Dec. 2022
These percentages eclipse 100 due to the vig, which is the cut a bookmaker takes for facilitating bets.
—Alex Kay, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2021
The market strongly endorsed under 7 wins, as judged by a vig as high as -140.
—Christopher Smith, al, 19 Oct. 2021
The vig is the financial magic that powers sportsbooks.
—Christopher Smith, al, 1 Sep. 2021
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Jason Abbruzzese, NBC News, 12 Feb. 2024
The typical vig is an $11 bet that would return a $10 profit.
—Jason Abbruzzese, NBC News, 12 Feb. 2024
Notably, the Circa Sportsbook within Golden Gate did not charge a vig for the first day of operation and took in more than $800,000.
—Ian Firstenberg, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2023
There is no escape from over and under, spread, the vig, parlay, a dime, a nickel—on and on goes the instruction, which, at its core, is grooming young minds to become gamblers.
—WSJ, 15 Feb. 2023
What Apple is asking for here is not its typical cut on sales—the company already collects its usual vig when someone buys or sells an NFT.
—Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 2 Dec. 2022
These percentages eclipse 100 due to the vig, which is the cut a bookmaker takes for facilitating bets.
—Alex Kay, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2021
The market strongly endorsed under 7 wins, as judged by a vig as high as -140.
—Christopher Smith, al, 19 Oct. 2021
The vig is the financial magic that powers sportsbooks.
—Christopher Smith, al, 1 Sep. 2021
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“Vig.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vig. Accessed 7 Nov. 2024.
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